those countries abandoned their regimes and ultimately the regimes fell. in cases where the military and security forces support these oppressive regime, think algeria, think libya, think bahrain, the regimes seem to be able to withstand the opposition. and, fran, i m just curious. if we look at libya, what we re hearing from the son of gadhafi is that this could actually fall into some kind of civil war because you have benghazi in the east. tripoli in the west and benghazi we understand is now in control of the anti-government protesters and the military isn t abandoning the government in tripoli. so there could really be this very real prospect of a bloodbath here, of a real civil war. i do think that you could see a string of real violence between the protesters and security forces. i question whether or not you re really talking about a civil war. i mean, what we re seeing is wide-scale protests on the part of the libyan people seeking freedoms
tunisia and egypt the militaries, security forces in those countries abandoned their regimes and ultimately the regimes fell. in cases where the military support these oppressive regime, think algeria, think libya, bahrain, the regimes seem to be able to withstand the opposition. i m curious. if we look at libya, what we re hearing from the son of gadhafi is this could fall into civil war, benghazi in the east, tripoli in the west and benghazi in control of the anti-government protesters and the military isn t abandoning the government in tripoli. there could be a prospect of bloodbath, real civil war. i do think you could see a string of real violence between the protesters and security forces. i question whether or not you re really talking about a civil war. what we re seeing is wide scale